The wildfires burning across Colorado this summer are one of the effects of global warming. Humans created this problem and we can solve it, too. One way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and return the planet to safe levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide is to implement a tax on carbon-based fuels. It’s easy to chafe at another federal tax, but sloganeering and ideological battles aren’t going to solve this problem.

Citizen’s Climate Lobby, a non-partisan, grassroots organization with active groups in Denver and Boulder, is advocating for a sane and smart tax on carbon that could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The group supports an upstream tax on carbon-based fuels. One hundred percent of the revenues from the tax would be equally distributed back to American taxpayers so folks who don’t consume a lot of fossil fuels will benefit from the tax, which will also prompt carbon-reducing investment.

Eric Fretz, Denver

This letter was published in the June 21 edition.

Again, homeowners who can’t afford to live in areas where there is a high risk of fires are being fleeced. The insurance premiums I pay on my own home in the city are constantly increasing due to selfish wealthy people who knowingly build their homes in areas highly prone to forest fires.

Insurance companies have every right to increase the cost of their premiums; however, the state insurance commissioner and Gov. John Hickenlooper should force those insurance companies to charge the higher premiums on those rich homeowners, not those of us who chose to live near local firefighting departments.

James J. Tenant, Centennial

This letter was published in the June 21 edition.

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